As the border to New South Wales remains closed, and fears of Sydney's COVID outbreak spreading north rise, many Gold Coast businesses are facing the COVID fatigue.

Gold Coast hotel and laundry service operators are among those struggling to remain open and profitable despite the federal and Queensland government business support package.

As Queensland’s Voluntary Assisted Dying legislation looms, there continue to be pleas for ‘compassion’ and ‘dignity’ in death.

Cathy Herbert, daughter of the recently passed Ursula Shepherd, has urged Queenslanders to consider and respect those who support voluntary assisted dying, after she witnessed her mother struggle for years in a body that could no longer function properly despite her retained mental clarity.

A university campus and student accommodation tower have been pitched to be built in the mostly derelict department store buildings in the Fortitude Valley.

A $180 million redevelopment to turn the buildings on the corner of Brunswick Street and Wickham Street into a Torrens University site hopes to be operational by May 2023.

State and federal health departments have been accused of abandoning Aboriginal communities of western NSW as vaccination rates in the region are among the lowest in the nation.

Less than 20% of the Aboriginal population aged 16 and over in western NSW had received one dose of any vaccine, and only 8% are fully vaccinated, according to the peak body representing Aboriginal community-controlled health organisations, Naccho.

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to impact our lives, one positive to come out of it is that national scientific literacy has considerably increased.

Queensland’s Chief Scientist, Hugh Possingham, is encouraged that along with being able to interpret scientific charts at a glance, overall more people are also placing more trust in science.

Thousands of people marched at the LGBTQI+ pride march in Bucharest on Saturday ahead of planned legislation announcements.

Romania decriminalised homosexuality in 2001, but still bars marriage and civil partnerships for same-sex couples.

A welcome home parade is organised through Brisbane's Queen Street Mall on October 8 for Queensland-based Olympic and Paralympic athletes.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says the celebration, to be followed with a reception at City Hall, will mark one of Australia's most successful Olympic campaigns, with athletes bringing home 17 gold, 7 silver and 22 bronze medals.

Although the Ekka was cancelled, there has been support and effort by many to keep the farmers, who look forward to the annual respite, a chance to share their produce.

The Queensland Farmers’ Federation chief executive, Georgina Davis, has urged the community to show their support by buying produce from the farm gate or farmers’ markets.